Improvement in flows



SAMUEL PRENT'ISS'- AND GEORGE ELINT, OF DE SOTO, MISSOURI.

Leners Patent No. S5,S51,-dazz .mwa/ry .12, 1869. v

DEPROVENIENT IN PLOWS.

The; Schedule -referred. inthese Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Toall V'whom/it ma/y concern.-

Beit known that we, SAMUEL PRENTISS and GEORGEV FLmT, of De Soto, in the county of J eie'rson, andState of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Plows; and we do hereby declare that the following` is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', whichwill enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompan'ying drawings, forming part of this speciication,

in whichlFigure 1 is a view of the landside of our improved n ow.

Figure 2 is a top view of the same. l Similar letters Iof reference indicate like parts. Our invention has for its object to furnish an im-v proved plow, simple in construction, strong and durable',which may be used with equal facility for breaking up new ground, for plowing old or Acultivated ground, or for subsoilin'g, and which can be run at a greater depth with less draughtthan is possible with' the ordinary plows; and

It consists in the arrangement of the brace-bar with relation to thestandard, beam, coulter,and draughtchain, and infth'e `general arrangement of parts, as will b'hereinafter more fully'described.

A is the plow-beam, which is made straight, and to l the rear end of which is securely attached the middle part of the standard B, which-is set in a somewhat inclined position. f

The connectionbetween the standard B and b'eam A is 'strengthened' bythe brace-har '0, the rear end of which is attached to the standardB, and the forward end of which is attachedto the beam A, as'shown in 4igl- The brace-bar C is slotted to receive the shank of the coulter D, the upper end of 5 which passes up through the .keeper or strap E, attached. to the, landside of the beam A,.as sh'own in gs. 1 and 2.

'lheconlter D is'secnredinplace, when adjusted, by the wedge driven in between'its edge and the Strap or keeper E, as shown Ain iig. 1.

In plowing old land, or land that has been cultivated, the coulter D need not be used. When the coulterD is used for .breaking up new land, we prefer to attach the draught to the forward end of the brace-bar l(l, by means of a chain running along the under side of the beam-A. f

When the plowv is used for, other purposes, the

draught is `attached to the forward end of the beam" A, in the ordinary manner. l

F is the mould-board, andG is the land or base-bar of the plow, which parts are made in onepece, or

exception of the nibs or parts grasped by the hands,

which are bent inthe ordinary manner.

' The forward ends .of thehandles Hare securely attached' to the middle part of the beam A, and their rear parts are supported-and held in their proper relative position by a cross-bar or round, I, which passes through the upper end of the standard B, and to the ends of which the said handles are attached, as shown in figs. 1 and 2.

Having thus described our invention We claim as new, and desire to secure by- Lettersv Patent'- The slotted braceC, arranged, with relation to the beam A, standard B, conlter D, and draught-chain, as",-

herein described, for the purpose specified.

- SAMUEL `PREN TISS.

GEORGE FLINT.f

Witnesses:

o. A. A. GARDNER, A S.' J. DAVIS; 

